{"id":1492,"date":"2021-12-23T18:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2021-12-23T18:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:47:54","slug":"court-wars-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/court-wars-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Wars Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bredenbeck helped his team to victory at the Court Wars PPV. Photo Kevin Savory 2020 USAR national doubles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first ever Court Wars PPV racquetball event, held a the Bay Club in Pleasanton, CA, is in the books; here’s a wrap-up of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first match, two NorCal juniors (well, near juniors) Antonio Rojas<\/a> and Nikhil Prasad battled it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prasad looked to me like he’s grown 6 inches since we last saw him, and he came out firing. Rojas came out quite cold and got smoked in the first game 11-2. Tatoe rebounded, found his game, and took the second game 11-7. In the breaker, Rojas seemed to tire a bit, and tried to keep it close, but Nik pulled away to take the match. Final score: 2,(7),7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Match #2…Mercado came out on fire, and won a crisp first game 11-4. Parrilla rebounded and played smarter shorts in game two and reversed the score, winning 11-4. After flipping a coin for the serve in the breaker, Mario ran out to a 4-1 win and was looking good … then Parrilla turned it on, went on a 10-0 run and took the breaker. Final score: (4),4,4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Match #3, the two ladies pros battled out a back and forth match. In game one, Parrilla cruised to an 11-6 win. Erika came roaring back and raced to an 11-1 game two win. In the breaker, Erika got rolling in the service box, won a fantastic rally at 9-5, got a service winner on an iffy-maybe-it-was-a-screen-serve, then got a clear winner to take the 11th point and the match. Final score: (6),1,5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match #4 was perhaps the most anticipated “fun” match of the evening, featuring a couple of players who we know would “talk” their way through the match. Rojas showed a bit more rust than was expected, and Diaz was clearly frustrated by the calls, and the Bredenbeck’s won in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match #5 was an interesting one: a rematch of The World’s final from just a week ago. Acuna came out hot and just blasted Landa, who looked like he was nursing an injury. But whatever was bugging Alex loosened up, and he cruised to game 2 and 3 wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An excellent job by all parties, pulling this off for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to all the sponsors who made this possible including @Donald Williams and Williams Accounting & Consulting, Suivant Consulting<\/a> , Dovetail\/Mike Kinkead , plus all the other sponsors. Congrats to Adam Manilla<\/a> , Erika Manilla and @Manilla Athletics<\/a> for the great idea and for putting it on. Thanks to Wayne Antone for reffing, @Bobby Horn and @Elli John and Brian Pineda for all their announcing work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first ever Court Wars PPV racquetball event, held a the Bay Club in Pleasanton, CA, is in the books; here’s a wrap-up of the action. In the first match, two NorCal juniors (well, near juniors) Antonio Rojas and Nikhil Prasad battled it out. Prasad looked to me like he’s grown 6 inches since we last saw … <\/p>\n

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